Vehicle-spoke puller.



No. 70l.5l9. Patented June 3, I902.

C. W. SLEETER.

VEHICLE SPOKE FULLER.

(Application filed Sept. 28, 1901.]

auwamroz Ckarka 273186222 UNITED STATES CHARLES WV. SLEETER, OFINDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI.

VEHICLE-SPOKE FULLER.

SPEGIFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent N 0-. 701,519, dated June3, 1902. Application filed September 28, 1901. Serial No. 76.909. (N0model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES W. SLEETER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Independence, in the county of Jackson and State ofMissouri, have invented a new and useful Vehicle-Spoke Puller, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention is an improved device for drawing or removing spokes fromthe hub of a wheel, and is designed principally for the use of carriageor wagon builders; and the object of my improvement is to provide a device in which broken or disfigured spokes may be easily and convenientlyremoved without disturbing the remaining spokes in the wheel.

In carrying out this object I provide a lever with gripping-cylinders,which are loosely held upon stub shafts or spindles formed on the leverfor engagement with the spoke, and at a suitable point upon the lever Ijournal a bracket for engagement with the hub and for the purpose ofproviding a fulcrum-point whereby the lever may be operated to extractthe spoke.

With these objects in view my invention also consists in the peculiarconstructions and combinations of parts, as will be fully described inthe following specification and pointed out in the claim, referencebeing had to the drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective viewshowing the general application of the device. Fig. 2 is a plan view ofthe device with one of the cylinders shown in section. Fig. 3is afrontview of the device, showing the manner of applying the same to a spoke;and Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the bracket.

In carrying outmy invention I employ a lever A, one end of whichterminates in a handle portion A and its opposite end in a broadenedhead-section A from which protrude forwardly short or stub shafts A Aupon which are jo'urnaled gripping oval-shaped cylinders B, whoseperipheries are notched or provided with teeth I), as shown. Thesecylinders are held in position by means of a plate or bar C, which hasone end provided with an aperture 0, through which one of the shaftsprotrudes, While its opposite end is provided with a slot 0, that isadapted to engage the opposite shaft, and in practice I prefer to holdthe plate or bar on the shaft by means of cottcrpins D D. Immediatelyback of the head the lever is provided with an aperture through which abolt E passes, that is designed for holding a bracket-plate F to thelever. This bracket-plate is intended to act as a fulcrum for the leverand has two arms ff, between which the lever is held, the outer endsbeing provided with a series of apertures to permit of the lever beingadjusted to fit wheels whose spokes are arranged at different distancesapart. The lower end of the bracket is recessed to snugly fit the hub ofa Wheel, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4 of the drawings.

In operation the plate or bar is first swung upwardly, as shown in Fig.3, and the cylinder turned so as to allow the spoke to be passed freelybetween them. Then the plate or bar is dropped down into place and thecylinders turned until they engage the spoke. Then the lever is lowereduntil the fulcrumplate engagesthe hub, when by a downward movement ofthe handle portion of the lever the spokewill be quickly and easilyWithdrawn from the hub. It will thus be seen that the operation isexceedingly simple and requires but a short time for adjustment and maybe operated by any one without requiring a special knowledge of thework.

Having thus f nlly described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of a lever having one end provided with ahandle-section, its opposite end having a head formed thereon from whichprotrude short shaft-sections, toothed cylinders journaled on theshafts, a retainingplate held upon one of the shafts and adapted forengagement with the opposite shaft, and a fulcrum-bracket secured to thelever adjacent the head, the said bracket consisting of a body portionhaving arms protruding therefrom and each provided with a series ofapertures through one of which is designed to pass a bolt for securingthe said bracket to the lever, the opposite end of the bracket having asemicircular recess formed therein, substantially as shown anddescribed.

CHARLES l/V. SLEETER.

